High School Students Engaged in Organized Physical Activity by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2003
Updated June 26, 2019 |
Infoplease Staff
| Characteristic | Enrolled in physical education class | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Attended daily | Exercised 20 minutes or more per class1 | Played on a sports team | |
| All students | 55.7% | 28.4% | 80.3% | 57.6% |
| Male | 58.5 | 30.5 | 84.5 | 64.0 |
| Grade 9 | 70.8 | 37.7 | 84.8 | 65.0 |
| Grade 10 | 63.0 | 33.5 | 83.2 | 62.0 |
| Grade 11 | 50.5 | 26.0 | 83.7 | 66.3 |
| Grade 12 | 44.5 | 21.4 | 87.2 | 62.3 |
| Female | 52.8 | 26.4 | 75.3 | 51.0 |
| Grade 9 | 71.2 | 38.0 | 75.7 | 55.2 |
| Grade 10 | 58.0 | 29.1 | 77.0 | 53.9 |
| Grade 11 | 40.8 | 19.2 | 71.6 | 47.8 |
| Grade 12 | 34.6 | 15.2 | 74.9 | 45.9 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 53.7 | 24.9 | 81.5 | 60.8 |
| Male | 55.9 | 26.8 | 85.8 | 65.4 |
| Female | 51.5 | 23.1 | 76.6 | 55.9 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 56.0 | 33.0 | 74.0 | 53.2 |
| Male | 63.1 | 37.1 | 80.0 | 67.5 |
| Female | 49.3 | 29.0 | 66.7 | 39.6 |
| Hispanic | 58.8 | 36.7 | 78.2 | 49.5 |
| Male | 61.4 | 39.5 | 82.5 | 56.2 |
| Female | 56.1 | 34.0 | 73.5 | 42.8 |
1. For students enrolled in physical education classes.
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 2003, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 53, No. SS 02, May 21, 2004.
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